This may be my favorite loaf of bread I’ve ever made. Maybe. Pumpkin and chai were just made for each other. Remember my sweet potato chai muffins? This recipe is better.
As I type this, I’m flying back out to California. I was back home from Pittsburgh for just a week, but cookbook work had to be done, so I’m back off to the west coast. Hopefully you’ve heard the news that I’m coming out with my second cookbook!! The first time around, I wrote it by myself. This second time around, I’m going with a new publisher AND writing it with another person, which is pretty awesome because it’s George from Civilized Caveman. We decided to come together and collaborate to make a ton of brand new, never before seen recipes. With George’s amazing photography and my ability to destroy his kitchen while creating recipes, we are bound to come up with some pretty stellar dishes. He loves when I’m in the kitchen. Just loves it.
I’m excited that I finally have the chance to tell you all about the cookbook and share some pictures of the recipes that will be in the book! Especially the failed recipes. Those are funny to see. Not for us, because we become extremely annoyed when it happens, but it’s funny for you. And remember, when I go to visit George in California, we spend 6-7 days with each other. And annoy each other. I get all up in his space, eat a lot of his food (he always has the best food ever) and spill food into every crevice possible. So when a recipe fails, it makes things worse. We become almost like little children, throwing small tantrums. Baking has seemed to be our biggest downfall. Mostly because we are trying new ingredients that we haven’t worked with much. We tried some cinnamon rolls and monkey bread…both failed. They still tasted good, so of course we ate them, but looks wise and texture wise, not so much. Hopefully we can pull our sh*t together and figure out those recipes. How bomb would that be? Bomb.
Crying babies are the worst. And there is one in close proximity to me on the plane. No wait, crying babies on planes are the worst. I know, I know, I will never get it until I am a mom, but what if I don’t plan to be a mom? What if I plan to do other things? Then will I never understand it? I felt really bad for the mom on the flight. Even though everyone understands, they all still secretly hate her, because you can’t hate the child. That would just be effed up.
You know what’s effed up? That show ‘The Walking Dead’. I see why it’s so addictive, but daaaaamn are your dreams messed up afterwards. I didn’t have zombie dreams, oh no. I had dreams of creepy people, doing creepy things. Like smearing pumpkin pie on my friend and jumping up and down on her. You think that wouldn’t be that freaky of a dream, but you had to see their faces. Chainsaw massacre meets hills have eyes. I escaped up a mountain with wolves following me. Then I woke up, and couldn’t go back to sleep. Pretty sure my brain told me to wake up so I wouldn’t witness my own death. I’m sad I won’t be watching The Walking Dead anymore. But I like living in my dreams.
THE CRYING WON’T STOP.
Chai Pumpkin Bread
- Yield: 6 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter (or other nut butter or seed butter)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 banana, mashed
- 1/4 cup honey (optional- i like it sweeter)
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 2 chai tea packets (tea spices removed from packets)
- 3 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together almond butter, pumpkin, banana, and eggs.
- Cut open the two tea bags and remove all the tea spices from the tea bags and add to almond butter mixture.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Grease a loaf pan and then line it with parchment paper.
- Pour batter in pan and place in oven. Bake for 45 minutes. Let rest before slicing.
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You can also add Chai flavoured protein powder to kick it up a notch. Raw protein now makes chai flavour, so I use it in all my pumpkin yummies. Makes it really easy too.
THIS IS THE BEST RECIPE! I loved the combination of spices, it’s absolutely perfect! I can’t wait to share this with people 🙂 I can see myself making this again and again.
I’m dying…..these comments.
A: I love pumpkin bread, so thanks for this.
B: I am 30 years old. I have no plans to be a mom. I just don’t want to do it, it’s not for me (or my husband). I’ve had to put up with a ton of judgement, and a lot of people asking me to justify my decisions, and then I’ve had to listen to them tell me that I’m wrong, my decisions are wrong, or that I can still have my own decisions with a kid on my hip. I respect their decisions to have children, but some people just can’t respect mine to not. It’s ok, people have a hard time accepting things that are different. I have lots of friends with kids, and those kids are adorable and they’re wonderful and I love them so, and it makes me so happy to see my friends happy. But for me, it’s not. I want to do other things. Not better things, just different things. So if you decide that you don’t want kids, please don’t let anyone make you feel bad or guilty or act as if you have no moral conscience or purpose or worth, or that you’re an insult to womanhood, or that you’re selfish, a bad person, an evil person, a self-absorbed person, etc. That’s all.
i just made this tonight, only problem is i want to eat the whole thing! Soooo yummy. Thank u for sharing 🙂
Also, i eliminated the banana because i cant have them, and it was still awesome!
I made this last night and ended up eating it for dinner–SOOO GOOOD!!! I added raisins to mine, and it was so moist and delicious. 5 stars!!
My husband and I live on the Sweet Potato Chia muffins. Can’t wait to try this!
I’ve had the crying baby on the plane. So, I was right, everyone did hate me.
I went to Trader Joe’s to get coconut flour… no luck! Any chance I can substitute almond meal for it? I REALLY want to try this recipe!!!
i think you can use the same amount but i haven’t tried
MY word, Juli, you crazy, recipe godess you. This bread is SO GOOD. My husband didn’t believe that I literally cut open two tea bags and put the innards in the bread, but what can you do. Thank you so much for sharing your brilliance!